Will Tattersdill
@tattersdill.bsky.social
Writer and teacher. Literature and science, dinosaurs, fantasy/sci-fi, alternate history, worldbuilding, periodicals, museums, etc. Fiction as W. J. Tattersdill. He/him.
I love Trollope and you'll never stop me loving Trollope
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I love Trollope and you'll never stop me loving Trollope
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A reminder that we're hosting the first European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts, in Glasgow next summer (23rd-25th June 2026). The Call for Papers and Sessions can be found here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20.... Closes 12th December. Please do consider submitting!
Fantasy’s Present Pasts – Call for Papers and Sessions – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A reminder that we're hosting the first European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts, in Glasgow next summer (23rd-25th June 2026). The Call for Papers and Sessions can be found here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20.... Closes 12th December. Please do consider submitting!
This excellent obituary repeatedly made me think of another hugely effective callout of the racist and sexist scientist James Watson, written 25 years before his birth
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This excellent obituary repeatedly made me think of another hugely effective callout of the racist and sexist scientist James Watson, written 25 years before his birth
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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'mean-spirited'
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'mean-spirited'
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Publication day! The Spinosaur Tales with @markwitton.bsky.social is officially out today! I'll be going a much longer and more detailed thread later on as today is rather manic while I'm hosting 400 school kids to my uni campus, but I wanted to get this early post out.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Publication day! The Spinosaur Tales with @markwitton.bsky.social is officially out today! I'll be going a much longer and more detailed thread later on as today is rather manic while I'm hosting 400 school kids to my uni campus, but I wanted to get this early post out.
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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“This is an extremely serious and troubling case that raises wider concerns about the academic freedom of staff and students at universities across the UK.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“This is an extremely serious and troubling case that raises wider concerns about the academic freedom of staff and students at universities across the UK.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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A stream of blue humanities projects is flooding my desk (ok, done with the watery language now, I promise) for our new series. 1st manuscript is also now out with peer reviewers! Check out the series' overview and get in touch if working on anything relevant! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/th...
www.bloomsbury.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A stream of blue humanities projects is flooding my desk (ok, done with the watery language now, I promise) for our new series. 1st manuscript is also now out with peer reviewers! Check out the series' overview and get in touch if working on anything relevant! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/th...
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"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
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We need more inspiration images of a beautiful future. I personally love Olalekan Jeyifous's revamped Lagos that takes what's already there (a great, messy city) and joyfully builds on its amazing street life and bricolage neighborhoods.
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We need more inspiration images of a beautiful future. I personally love Olalekan Jeyifous's revamped Lagos that takes what's already there (a great, messy city) and joyfully builds on its amazing street life and bricolage neighborhoods.
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Would anyone be interested in joining me and Lily Fell to propose a ✨Weird✨ panel for the BSLS 2026 conference? @thebsls.bsky.social
Its focus will be on intersections b/w the natural sciences and the fantastical - more info below ⬇️
Please do share if you know anyone w. relevant research!
Its focus will be on intersections b/w the natural sciences and the fantastical - more info below ⬇️
Please do share if you know anyone w. relevant research!
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Would anyone be interested in joining me and Lily Fell to propose a ✨Weird✨ panel for the BSLS 2026 conference? @thebsls.bsky.social
Its focus will be on intersections b/w the natural sciences and the fantastical - more info below ⬇️
Please do share if you know anyone w. relevant research!
Its focus will be on intersections b/w the natural sciences and the fantastical - more info below ⬇️
Please do share if you know anyone w. relevant research!
Sing it from the rooftops
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Sing it from the rooftops
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📣 CFP British Society for Literature and Science Winter Symposium 2026 -- "Alternate Histories of the Body"
I'm very excited to be organising this together with Lloyd Maedhbh Houston! 🥳 Send us your abstracts by November 21! #academicsky #callforpapers #literatureandscience
I'm very excited to be organising this together with Lloyd Maedhbh Houston! 🥳 Send us your abstracts by November 21! #academicsky #callforpapers #literatureandscience
Call for Papers – BSLS Winter Symposium January 30th 2026: Alternate Histories of the Body – The British Society for Literature and Science
www.bsls.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 CFP British Society for Literature and Science Winter Symposium 2026 -- "Alternate Histories of the Body"
I'm very excited to be organising this together with Lloyd Maedhbh Houston! 🥳 Send us your abstracts by November 21! #academicsky #callforpapers #literatureandscience
I'm very excited to be organising this together with Lloyd Maedhbh Houston! 🥳 Send us your abstracts by November 21! #academicsky #callforpapers #literatureandscience
I will never shut up about this. Immigrants to the UK pay for the NHS twice. It's deeply and obviously unfair
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I will never shut up about this. Immigrants to the UK pay for the NHS twice. It's deeply and obviously unfair
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Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
They forgot "this website uses cookies"
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They forgot "this website uses cookies"
Should be fireable
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Should be fireable
There are massive great chunks of the British-born population that do not have A-level English and the current government is doing everything it can to make that number smaller. One rule for us, another for them
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.independent.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are massive great chunks of the British-born population that do not have A-level English and the current government is doing everything it can to make that number smaller. One rule for us, another for them
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So who’s teaching and testing this, because you’ve repeatedly argued that an English degree is not valuable and you are actively destroying universities??
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.independent.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So who’s teaching and testing this, because you’ve repeatedly argued that an English degree is not valuable and you are actively destroying universities??
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We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
Ok!
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Ok!
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A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.